Buford complains that he can play his tuba beautifully at home,
but each time he tries to play at the local talent show, he sounds like a bull elk in rutting season. His problem is explained by
a. the Yerkes-Dodson Law.
b. the effects of homeostasis.
c. habituation.
d. biorhythms.
ANSWER: a
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